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When Jack Tinetti founded the Goldfields Aged Pensioner Welfare Association in 1953, he was a young man concerned about the elderly in the community who struggled just to get to the post office to collect their pensions. Fifty-seven years later, and now aged 91, Jack's older than many of the people ...

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Federal Environment Minister Melissa Price says she's "deeply hurt" at being branded a "Minister on her L-Plates" by one of her Liberal colleagues. It follows an incident last month when she allegedly insulted the former President of Kirabati at a Canberra restaurant. The Minister also ...

A new report from St Vincent de Paul has found that, on average, our energy prices have gone up 75 since 2009. But prices vary between locations, and energy sources, with some renewable power consumers seeing a reduction. St Vincent de Pauls Gavin Duffy and Craig Memery from the Public Interest ...

The Federal Government is claiming a victory - of sorts - in its bid to get energy retailers to lower their prices by January next year. They've campaigned heavily on bringing down the cost of power, but their proposed default energy price doesn't kick in until July 1. With a federal election due ...

Energy retailers say the government's proposed energy default price could act as a price cap and reduce competition. But the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the government is right to focus on lower prices for consumers. And ACTU has led large rallies in Melbourne and Sydney to ...

Today the government outlined measures to establish a default energy price retailers will be required to offer customers. The government says it will save households up to $832 a year But retailers are warning the measures could act as a price cap and force smaller companies out of the market. ...